On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 12:24:40PM +0200, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote:
> Add generic code which creates symbolic links in sysfs, pointing to ddc
> interface used by a particular video output. For example:
>
> ls -l /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/ddc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jun 24 10:42 /sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/ddc \
> -> ../../../../soc/13880000.i2c/i2c-2
>
> This makes it easy for user to associate a display with its ddc adapter
> and use e.g. ddcutil to control the chosen monitor.
>
> This patch adds an i2c_adapter pointer to struct drm_connector. Particular
> drivers can then use it instead of using their own private instance. If a
> connector contains a ddc, then create a symbolic link in sysfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Pietrasiewicz <andrzej.p@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
As mentioned in the other subthread, I think the important bit to sell
this is rolling it out to as many drivers as feasible and collecting all
the acks from driver maintainers.
-Daniel
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c | 7 +++++++
> include/drm/drm_connector.h | 11 +++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> index ad10810bc972..26d359b39785 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> @@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ int drm_sysfs_connector_add(struct drm_connector *connector)
> /* Let userspace know we have a new connector */
> drm_sysfs_hotplug_event(dev);
>
> + if (connector->ddc)
> + return sysfs_create_link(&connector->kdev->kobj,
> + &connector->ddc->dev.kobj, "ddc");
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -301,6 +304,10 @@ void drm_sysfs_connector_remove(struct drm_connector *connector)
> {
> if (!connector->kdev)
> return;
> +
> + if (connector->ddc)
> + sysfs_remove_link(&connector->kdev->kobj, "ddc");
> +
> DRM_DEBUG("removing \"%s\" from sysfs\n",
> connector->name);
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> index ca745d9feaf5..1ad3d1d54ba7 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> #ifndef __DRM_CONNECTOR_H__
> #define __DRM_CONNECTOR_H__
>
> +#include <linux/i2c.h>
> #include <linux/list.h>
> #include <linux/llist.h>
> #include <linux/ctype.h>
> @@ -1308,6 +1309,16 @@ struct drm_connector {
> * [0]: progressive, [1]: interlaced
> */
> int audio_latency[2];
> +
> + /**
> + * @ddc: associated ddc adapter.
> + * A connector usually has its associated ddc adapter. If a driver uses
> + * this field, then an appropriate symbolic link is created in connector
> + * sysfs directory to make it easy for the user to tell which i2c
> + * adapter is for a particular display.
> + */
> + struct i2c_adapter *ddc;
> +
> /**
> * @null_edid_counter: track sinks that give us all zeros for the EDID.
> * Needed to workaround some HW bugs where we get all 0s
> --
> 2.17.1
>
--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
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